The College for Behavioral Health Leadership

Where behavioral health leaders collaborate to grow and transform communities across the nation.

Resources

Videos & Webinars

Workforce Solutions Jam | Strengthening Workforce Pathways: The Role of Higher Education in Training Future Behavioral Health Professionals (April 2025)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2025
Workforce Solutions Jam | Understanding Interstate Licensure and Its Impact on the Behavioral Health Workforce (March 2025)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2025
Workforce Solutions Jam | Behavioral Health Workforce 2025: Critical Insights and Emerging Challenges (February 2025)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2025
Workforce Solutions Jam | Bridging the Gap: Advancing a Diverse and Resilient Workforce for SUD Treatment (January 2025)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2025
CBHL 2025 Membership Information Call
CBHL
2025
Synergy in Action: Bringing Concepts Beyond DEI into the Mental Health Workplace
Stepped Care Solutions, CBHL
2025
Workforce Solutions Jam | Reducing Barriers to Licensure to Expand and Diversify the Behavioral Health Workforce (December 2024)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Addressing the Workforce Shortage Through Policy Change (November 2024)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Leveraging AI to Streamline Administrative Tasks in Behavioral Health (October 2024)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Transforming Organizational Culture (September 2024)
CBHL, HMA, National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2024
Health Beyond Healthcare: Addressing Workforce and Equity Challenges Through Community
CBHL
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Payment Reform (August 2024)
CBHL, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, HMA
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Bridging the Gap (July 2024)
CBHL, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, HMA
2024
Nothing About Us Without Us: Why Civic Engagement is Critical for Behavioral Health Progress 
CBHL, NACBHDD
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Aligning Across Levers of Change (June 2024)
CBHL, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, HMA
2024
Workforce Solutions Jam | Workforce Expansion (May 2024)
CBHL, National Council for Mental Wellbeing, HMA
2024
Webinar | Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program 2024-2025 Cohort Overview and Pre-Application Webinar
CBHL
2024
Webinar | Be Our Guest: Discovering the Intersection of Hospitality and Crisis Services
CBHL
2024
CBHL Member Roundtable | Exploring the Global Climate Crisis and Community-based Solutions to Build Mental Health Wellness and Resilience
CBHL
2024
CBHL 2024 Membership Call
CBHL
2024
CBHL Member Roundtable | Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders: Strategies for Emerging Leadership Development
CBHL, Johnson County (Kansas) Mental Health
2024
Webinar | Promoting Mental Wellbeing and Healthy Relationships with Social Media
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Center of Excellence on Social Media and Youth Mental Health
2023
Webinar | Revolutionizing Behavioral Health: The Role of Behavioral Health Apps in Addressing the Workforce Crisis 
Dr. Harris Eyre, Kooth Digital Health; Dr. David R. Gastfriend; Harvard Medical School; Dr. Garrett E. Moran, Academy for Integrating Behavioral Health and Primary Care; Hans Morefield, CHESS Health
2023
Webinar | Partnership in Action: A Collective Impact Approach to Implementing Workforce Solutions
CBHL, HMA, The National Council for Mental Wellbeing
2023
Webinar | Achieving Data Integrity through Technology Data Governance
CBHL, HMA
2023
Bridging the Generation Gap: Engaging with Today’s Youth
CBHL, IIMHL, IIDL
2023
Roundtable Discussion | Building and Scaling Effective School Mental Health Programming and Initiatives: The Importance of Global Collaboration and Leadership
CBHL, IIMHL, IIDL
2023
Building and Scaling Effective School Mental Health Programming and Initiatives: The Importance of Global Collaboration and Leadership
CBHL, IIMHL, IIDL
2023
Webinar | Behavioral Health in Ohio: Improving Data, Moving Toward Racial & Ethnic Equity
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, Mental Health & Addiction Advocacy Coalition (MHAC), Multiethnic Advocates for Cultural Competence, Inc. (MACC), Ohio University, Central State University
2023
North American Webinar & Roundtable Dialogue | Self-Direction: Supporting Choice, Control, and Independence
CBHL, IIMHL, IIDL
2023
Webinar | 2023-2024 Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program Pre-Application Overview
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
2023
Webinar | Transformational Systems Change and Impact through Data
Ginger Bandeen, CEO & Founder, Mission Driven Data
2023
Webinar | Equity-Grounded Leadership Fellow Program: A Co-Produced Approach to Behavioral Health Systems Transformation
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
2023
Webinar | Welcoming Integrated Systems and Services for People with Co-occurring Mental Health and Substance Use Conditions
Dr. Kenneth Minkoff, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, ZiaPartners, Inc.
2023
Roundtable: Mental Health Reform and the Recovery (R)Evolution
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
2023
Webinar | Re-Imagining Systems to Foster Wellbeing Everywhere
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership
2022
Implementation Accelerator: Leadership Training through Application
Suzanne Daub, LCSW | Principal; Marsha Johnson, MSW, LCSW | Managing Principal; Elizabeth Wolff, MD, MPA | Principal (Health Management Associates)
2022
Webinar | Self-Assessment for Modification of Anti-Racism Tool (SMART)
Rachel Talley, MD and Sosunmolu Shoyinka, MD, MBA (American Association for Community Psychiatry)
2022
Webinar | Innovations in Youth Mental Health: Part 2
CBHL and IIMHL Partners
2022
Webinar | Innovations in Youth Mental Health: Part 1
Sponsored by CBHL + IIMHL
2022
Webinar | Soteria New York: Bringing an Innovative Approach to Psychiatric Crisis to New York
CBHL, NYAPRS, and Community Access
2022
Webinar with Dr. Tom Insel | Healing: Our Path from Mental Illness to Mental Health
Tom lnsel, M.D., on behalf of CBHL and IIMHL
2022
The Reality of Co-Production: Learning from Experiences of Working with Service Users as Stakeholders
Dr. Corinna Hackmann and Dr. Bonnie Teague, Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
2022
Community As Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Markle & Dr. Benjamin Emmert-Arronson, Co-Founders of OpenSource Wellness
2022
International Innovations to Support the Workforce: Addressing Moral Distress and Moral Injury in Healthcare Workers
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, the Atlas Institute for Veterans and Families, the International Initiative for Mental Health Leadership
2022
Equity as a Foundation for Leadership: Experiences and Recommendations for Behavioral Health Leaders
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership in partnership with the Central East Addiction Transfer Technology Center, Just Health Collective, and Prevention Institute
2022
A Year Ahead in Behavioral Health Policy
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and the National Association for County Behavioral Health and Disability Directors (Multiple panelists)
2022
Core Competencies in Peer Crisis Support: Values, Practices and Skills
Eduardo Vega, CEO of Humannovations
2022
Intensity, Lived Experience, and Crisis: Activating Peer Support for a Transformed Mental Health Crisis Response System
Eduardo Vega, CEO of Humannovations
2021
Follow-Up Discussion | Crisis Response: Peer Leadership to Develop Community Solutions
Mark Clarke, Project Manager at Baltic Street AEH Inc.; Taina Laing, CEO at Baltic Street AEH Inc.; Steve Miccio, CEO of People USA; Lisa St. George, VP of Peer Support and Empowerment at RI International; Harvey Rosenthal, CEO of NYAPRS
2021
Crisis Response: Peer Leadership to Develop Community Solutions
Harvey Rosenthal, CEO of NYAPRS; Lisa St. George, VP of Peer Support and Empowerment at RI International; Steve Miccio, CEO of People USA; Mark Clarke, Project Manager at Baltic Street AEH Inc.
2021
Inching Our Way Towards Value-Based Purchasing
Suzanne Daub, LCSW, Principal Consultant – Health Management Associates (HMA); Neftali Serrano, PsyD, Chief Executive Officer of the Collaborative Family Healthcare Association; Lori Fertall, MBA, Director of Value-Based Programs at Community Care Behavioral Health
2021
Building Community Leadership, Power, Influence and Partnerships to Improve Health and Well-Being Through a Resident Leadership Academy
Dana Richardson, President & CEO, Community Health Improvement Partners (CHIP); Alexis Aviña, Manager, County of San Diego Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA); Janice Luna Reynoso, Executive Director, Mundo Gardens 501c3; Andrea Nasser, Administrative Analyst II, County of San Diego Probation Department
2021
Courageous Leadership – Stepping Away from Power and Privilege to Build Community Trust
Duane Reynolds, MHA | Chief Executive Officer, Just Health Collective, LLC; Jeffrey Ring, Ph.D. | Health Psychologist, Leadership Coach, Health Justice Advocate; Krista Stepney, MHA | Chief Operating Officer, Just Health Collective, LLC
2021
Behavioral Health and the New Administration – A Call to Action
Dr. Ron Manderscheid (Moderator), President and CEO, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors (NACBHDD); Dr. Benjamin F. Miller, Chief Strategy Officer, Well Being Trust; Pamela Greenberg, President and CEO, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness (ABHW); Kana Enomoto, Senior Knowledge Expert – Washington D.C., McKinsey & Company; Harvey Rosenthal, CEO, New York Association of Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services (NYAPRS)
2021
Health Equity Through Partnerships with Community Development Corporations: The other CDC | Webinar
Ruth Thomas-Squance, PhD, MPH, Director of Field Building; Renae A. Badruzzaman, MPH, Program Manager; Ashley Hernandez, Communications and Outreach Specialist at Build Healthy Places Network
2020
CBHL 2020 Un-Summit Closing Keynote | Susan Cooper – Moving the Needle: Building Authentic Community Partnerships Together as ONE
Susan Cooper, Chief Integration Officer & Senior Vice President, Regional One Health
2020
CBHL 2020 Un-Summit Opening Keynote | Tyler Norris – Creating the Conditions for Health and Well Being
Tyler Norris, Chief Executive, Well Being Trust
2020
Disasters and Behavioral Health in Today’s World: Implications for Leadership | Webinar
Dr. Joshua C. Morganstein, MD, Associate Professor & Assistant Chair - Department of Psychiatry, Assistant Director - Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Captain - Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service; Brian W.Flynn, EdD, Associate Director of Health Systems, Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress, Adjunct Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Uniformed Services University; Tim DeWeese, Director of Johnson County Mental Health Center
2020
A Call to Action – Our Responsibility as Leaders to Address Structural Racism and Resulting Health Inequities | Webinar
Jei Africa, PsyD, MSCP, Director of Marin County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services and Dr. Larissa J. Estes, DrPH, Executive Director, ALL IN Alameda County
2020
The Tsunami of Need is Coming: Integrated Care in the Era of COVID-19 | Webinar
Gina Lasky, Ph.D., MAPL (Principal, Health Management Associates) and Lori Raney, M.D. (Principal, Health Management Associates)
2020
Leadership Huddles | Leading Through Crisis – Insights, Takeaways and Resources
CBHL
2020
Peer-to-Peer Coaching: Asking for Help and Leveraging Shared Wisdom to Solve Problems
Lynda Frost and Jeffrey Ring
2020
Your Organization’s Culture Can Drive or Undercut Success
Jay Roundy, MA, DPA, Chief Operating Officer, P2 Performance Plus
2020
Provider Obligations, Opportunities and “Oh No’s” – Your COVID-19 Questions Answered
Ron Manderscheid, PhD, Executive Director, National Association of County Behavioral Health and Developmental Disability Directors and Greg Moore, JD, Chair of Dickinson Wright's Behavioral Health Care Practice Group
2020
Sustaining Resilience During COVID-19 – From Leadership to the Front Line
Perry Dougherty (CEO, Rootwise Leadership), Dr. Pu Cheng (Inpatient Director, Meridian Health Services), Shannon Mong (Principal, HMA)
2020
Using Design Thinking to Address Complex Social Problems
Steve Hornberger, MSW, Director, Social Policy Institute, SDSU School of Social Work
2020
CBHL Looks to the Future
CBHL
2019
2Gen Approaches & Leadership Learnings
Allie Middleton and Melissa Stancil
2017
The Healthy Behavior Change E-Guide Unwebinar
CBHL
2016
Cultural Issues in the DSM-5: The Outline for Cultural Formulation and the Cultural Formulation Interview
Francis Lu, MD
2016
Coping with Depression at Work with Clare Miller
Clare Miller, director of the American Psychiatric Association’s Partnership for Workplace Mental Health
2016
The Social Determinants of Mental Health
CBHL
2016
Using My Cultural Voice: Health Activation from a Cultural Perspective
Vivian Jackson, PhD; Lenora Reid-Rose, MBA; Carole Siegel, PhD; Sandra Mitchell
2015
Increasing the Role of Peer Support (CBHL Resource)
Harvey Rosenthal, Tom Hill, and Patrick Hendry
2015
Why People Come to ACMHA – 2014
Phyllis Vine
2014
The Future of Health Care: Entering the Shift Age – A Q&A Highlight With David Houle
David Houle
2014
Understanding Seminal Moments – A Leadership Tool
Dr. AJ Robinson, CEO, Symphonic Strategies
2014
Growing Into Peer Support
2014 ACMHA Summit
2014
Activation: Managing Your Own Health
2014 ACMHA Summit
2014
Transformational Leadership: A Dialogue
Andy Sekel, PhD; and Jennifer Andrashko, MSW, LICSW
2013
Collaborative Leadership: A Foundation for Success Webinar
Sandy Forquer, PhD; Sharon Raggio, LMFT, LPC, MBA; and Cheri Dolezal, RN, MBA
2013
Highlights: Learning From Distinguished Leaders – ACMHA Summit 2013
King Davis, PhD; Mary Jane England, MD; and HG Whittington, MD
2013
Learning From Distinguished Leaders – April 2, 2013
King Davis, PhD; Mary Jane England, MD; and HG Whittington, MD
2013
Critical Role of Leadership in System Transformation: Change Management
Kristen Smith, Sharon Burke, and Wanda Sabb in collaboration with the Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual DisAbility Services Leadership Development Program
2012
Leadership in the Age of Diversity
Presented by: Ellen Grant, PhD, MSW; Vivian H. Jackson, PhD, LICSW; Lemora Reid-Rose, MBA; and Onaje Muid, MSW, CASAC, LMHC
2012
Leadership Skills for Health Reform
Presented by Sandy Forquer, PhD and Colette Croze, MSW
2010

Journal Articles, Commentaries & Toolkits

Crosswalk of National Behavioral Health Workforce Recommendations
Center for Workforce Solutions
2024
National Behavioral Health Strategy Advocacy
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
2022
Equity as a Foundation for Leadership: Experiences and Recommendations for Behavioral Health Leaders
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership, on behalf of the Central East Addiction Technology Transfer Center (CE-ATTC), funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and operated by The Danya Institute
2022
How Communities Must Use 988 to Improve Care and Correct Crisis System Disparities
Stephanie Barrios Hepburn, J.D., RI International; Michael Hogan, Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
2021
A Consensus Approach and Recommendations for the Creation of a Comprehensive Crisis Response System
CEO Alliance
2021
Cross-Agency Partnerships for Health Equity: Understanding Opportunities Across Medicaid and Public Health Agencies
Shilpa Patel, Audrey Nuamah, and Vanessa Finisse, Center for Health Care Strategies and Alexandra Kearly and Sameer Rao, Association of State and Territorial Health Officials
2021
Trauma and Suicide Prevention During Catastrophic Events
Prevention Institute
2021
National Guidelines for Behavioral Health Crisis Care – A Best Practice Toolkit
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
2021
The high cost of unchecked bias in the health system
Optum
2021
Roadmap to the Ideal Crisis System
The Committee on Psychiatry and the Community for the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, Published by the National Council for Behavioral Health
2021
Medicaid Forward: Behavioral Health
National Association of Medical Directors (NAMD)
2021
E-Book: Partnering with Communities to Improve Health Outcomes
The College for Behavioral Health Leadership
2021
A Unified Vision for Transforming Mental Health and Substance Use Care
Daniel Gillison, CEO, National Alliance on Mental Illness, and Tyler Norris, CEO, Well Being Trust
2021
Peer-run Organizations and Criminal Justice Involvement
CBHL
2016
National Survey of Compensation Among Peer Support Specialists
CBHL
2015
Peer Services Toolkit: A Guide to Advancing and Implementing Peer-run Behavioral Health Services
Hendry, P., Hill, T., Rosenthal, H. Peer Services Toolkit: A Guide to Advancing and Implementing Peer-run Behavioral Health Services. ACMHA: The College for Behavioral Health Leadership and Optum, 2014
2015
TIP 57: Trauma Informed Care in Behavioral Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
2014
Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
MHPAEA
2013
Coalition for Whole Health Toolkit on Benefits, Parity, and Network Adequacy
Coalition for Whole Health
2013
Mental health and addiction workforce development: Federal leadership is needed to address the growing crisis
Health Affairs, 32 (11), 2005-2012, 2013. Authored by The Annapolis Coalition on the Behavioral Health Workforce
2013
ACMHA DC Policy Forum Issue Brief
CBHL
2012

Arm Chair Reflections

ACMHA: A Policy Solace
Eric N. Goplerud, PhD
2013
Mental Health’s Great Gray Area
Arthur Evans, Jr
2013
Community Care Organizations (ACOs for the rest of us)
Dale Jarvis
2011
Moving From the Clinic to the Community
Ron Manderscheid, PhD
2011
Peer Services Explosion: The Time is Now!
Harvey Rosenthal, Sandy Forquer, and Steve Miccio
2011
Tomorrow’s Success Depends on Our Greatest Assets: Our Workers
Michael Flaherty, PhD, and John Morris, MSW
2010